Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori on way home to UK

[Jimbuna]

This has been a long time coming but hopefully they can both put their lives back on track.

British-Iranian nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are on their way to the UK, the government has said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was "delighted they will be reunited with their families and loved ones".

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in 2016 - accused of plotting to overthrow Iran's government, which she denied.

Mr Ashoori was arrested in 2017 and accused of spying, a claim he denied.

A spokesperson for Iran's judiciary said both dual nationals had been released.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60756870

Let us not forget there are more dual nationals over in Iran suffering almost identical fates.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41974185

[Jimbuna]

The look on those three faces says it all. Just a pity Truss is in on the picture.

https://i.postimg.cc/QxJQwFGd/123738958-trussnazaninratcliffefamily.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60775180

[Commander Wallace]

^ I'm glad they and their families are reunited. It's nice to know some things in the world are working out. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Rgr that :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said it should never have taken the government so long to secure her release.

Appearing at a press conference in Westminster, she said: "What's happened now should have happened six years ago. I shouldn't have been in prison for six years."

The British-Iranian was speaking for the first time since her dramatic return to the UK last week.

She was freed after spending six years of detention in Iran.

Her release came after the UK government paid a £400m debt to Iran dating back to the 1970s, although both governments have said the two issues should not be linked.

Speaking from Portcullis House, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe took issue with the credit her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, had granted Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for her release.

"I have seen five foreign secretaries change over the course of six years," she said.

"How many foreign secretaries does it take for someone to come home? It should have been one of them eventually.

"We all know… how I came home. It should have happened exactly six years ago."

She said she had been told by Iranian authorities shortly after her arrest that they wanted "something off the Brits" and that they would not let her go until they had got it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60819018